Sponsored by the consulate would contravene a guideline against diversity policies
Jaume Collboni executive says he will not attend the order
The new wave of US administration policies against positive discrimination and favor of “merit” have impacted Barcelona. According to the Consistory chaired by Jaume CollboniThe local administration “received a requirement from the American embassy in Madrid claiming the application of Executive Order 14173, which is entitled ‘Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”
This Federal Law of the Government of Donald Trump It requires that none of the funds they have granted be used for initiatives or programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Specifically, it was requested to respond to the fulfillment of this order in the development of the activities, of the most normal, of the American Space program which is carried out in the Ignasi Iglésias Can Fabra library in Barcelona and that receives a part of the US government funds.
In response, the City Council needs ABC that “it will not comply with these restrictions because they contravene the political values and principles of inclusion, promotion of the promotion of the gender equality and plurality which are typical of the city’s government and this municipal institution ».
The American Space Barcelona program is at least for what you can see and its website, «an informal learning space with services and activities designed to enhance the skills, tools and competences necessary to successfully face the new technological and social opportunities of the 21st century ». Programming includes five major areas: science and technology, teaching and learning of English, cultural programs, educational guidance for young people who want to study in the US., And information about the country. The services and activities of the American Space are aimed at children, young people and the general public, as well as schools, institutes, students and teaching staff. Nothing, on paper, susceptible to applying the scissors of the new Trump guidelines. Video game workshops, linguistic exchange and project creation are some of the proposals.
Given this, the City Council ensures that «this order It is not valid outside the United States. Both the regulations of state, regional and local application and the European legal framework rigorously contemplate the respect to the common standards of protection of human rights and the measures of gender equity, diversity and inclusion in a broad sense ».
«The libraries of Barcelona, where this program is carried out, are safe community spaces where interculturality, integration and integration are promoted through the various programs Gender perspective», Adds the Consistory.
Therefore, municipal sources explain, the City Council will seek that the program “has continuity” because it has been a “Success initiative which has promoted cultural exchange and dialogue between Barcelona and the United States ».
Since it was launched in 2016, the American Space has hosted about 2,000 activities with more than 77,000 attendees. “He Barcelona City Council It will continue to seek collaboration agreements and explore relationships of relationship with cities, institutions and public entities of the United States, respecting and actively promoting the inclusion, diversity and equity, fundamental values of a fair, plural, democratic and fully society defender of civil rights, ”they add.
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